Interdisciplinary understanding of science, professional, legal, safety and ethical obligations of teaching science, and problem-solving approaches for those seeking licensure at the middle level. Course includes focus on NSTA standards and Ohio New Learning Standards for K-12 Science, and various instructional strategies, assessment alternatives, and management techniques appropriate to adolescents learning science, providing for individual differences. Field experience included. All coursework must be successfully completed in order for student teaching to occur the following semester. Course to be taken semester prior to student teaching. Offered fall and spring semesters.